AMD Radeon Pro 580 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Comparison

FAQ

Q: How much faster is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti than the AMD Radeon Pro 580 in OpenCL?

A: The RTX 5070 Ti scores 212,363 in Geekbench OpenCL, while the Radeon Pro 580 scores 38,457. This represents a 452.2% advantage for the NVIDIA card.

Q: Which GPU has a higher average benchmark score?

A: The RTX 5070 Ti has an average benchmark score of 49,957, whereas the Radeon Pro 580 averages 40,318. The NVIDIA card sits in the 86th percentile of all GPUs, compared to the 82nd percentile for the AMD card.

Q: Does the Radeon Pro 580 support hardware ray tracing?

A: No, the Radeon Pro 580 has no RT cores listed in the database. The GeForce RTX 5070 Ti includes 70 dedicated RT cores alongside 280 tensor cores.

Q: What memory configurations do the two cards use?

A: The RTX 5070 Ti has 16 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 256-bit bus with 896.0 GB/s bandwidth. The Radeon Pro 580 has 8 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus with 217.0 GB/s bandwidth.

Q: What is the process node difference between the two chips?

A: The RTX 5070 Ti is built on a 5 nm process at TSMC, while the Radeon Pro 580 uses a 14 nm process at GlobalFoundries. The NVIDIA chip packs 45,600 million transistors on a 378 mm² die, versus 5,700 million transistors on a 232 mm² die for AMD.

Q: Which card is still in production?

A: The GeForce RTX 5070 Ti has an active production status, while the Radeon Pro 580 is end-of-life. The NVIDIA card was released on February 19, 2025; the AMD card launched on June 4, 2017.

Architecture Differences

The architectural gap between these two GPUs spans nearly a decade of design evolution. The GeForce RTX 5070 Ti uses the Blackwell 2.0 architecture on the GB203 chip, manufactured on a 5 nm process at TSMC. The Radeon Pro 580 relies on the older GCN 4.0 architecture with the Ellesmere chip, produced on GlobalFoundries' 14 nm node.

Transistor counts tell the story of integration density. The RTX 5070 Ti integrates 45,600 million transistors across a 378 mm² die, yielding a density of 120.6 million transistors per mm². The Radeon Pro 580 contains 5,700 million transistors on a 232 mm² die, with a density of just 24.6 million per mm². That is an eightfold difference in transistor count and a nearly fivefold difference in density, reflecting the newer manufacturing process.

Shader resources diverge sharply. The RTX 5070 Ti features 8,960 shading units, 280 texture mapping units, and 96 ROPs. The Radeon Pro 580 has 2,304 shading units, 144 TMUs, and 32 ROPs. The NVIDIA card also adds hardware features absent from the AMD part: 70 RT cores for ray tracing and 280 tensor cores for AI acceleration. The Radeon Pro 580 lists neither RT cores nor tensor cores, meaning all compute falls to the general-purpose shaders.

Memory architecture reflects the generation gap. The RTX 5070 Ti uses 16 GB of GDDR7 at 28 Gbps effective, delivering 896.0 GB/s across a 256-bit bus. The Radeon Pro 580 has 8 GB of GDDR5 at 6.8 Gbps effective, for 217.0 GB/s over the same 256-bit width. Clock speeds also differ: the NVIDIA card runs at a 2295 MHz base and 2452 MHz boost, while the AMD card operates at 1100 MHz base and 1200 MHz boost.

API support shows the newer part's broader feature set. The RTX 5070 Ti supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. The Radeon Pro 580 supports DirectX 12 (12_0), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.3. The power envelope differs as well: the RTX 5070 Ti has a 300 W TDP and requires a 16-pin power connector with a suggested 700 W PSU, while the Radeon Pro 580 draws 185 W and is an integrated GPU (IGP) with no external power connectors.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The database contains two shared benchmark results between these cards, and both are lopsided wins for the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti.

In Geekbench OpenCL, the RTX 5070 Ti scores 212,363 against the Radeon Pro 580's 38,457. That is a 452.2% higher score, meaning the NVIDIA card delivers over five and a half times the OpenCL compute throughput in this workload. OpenCL exercises general-purpose compute across all available shader units, so the RTX 5070 Ti's 8,960 shading units versus 2,304 gives it a structural advantage before clock speeds and memory bandwidth are even considered.

In Geekbench Vulkan, the margin is similar. The RTX 5070 Ti posts 225,122, while the Radeon Pro 580 reaches 43,285. The delta is 420.1% in favor of NVIDIA. Vulkan workloads tend to scale with raw shader count and memory bandwidth, both of which favor the newer card substantially. The RTX 5070 Ti's 896.0 GB/s bandwidth is more than four times the Radeon Pro 580's 217.0 GB/s, which helps explain the magnitude of the gap.

The wins tally confirms the sweep: the RTX 5070 Ti wins both head-to-head tests, and the Radeon Pro 580 wins none. The average benchmark scores align with this trend, with the NVIDIA card at 49,957 and the AMD card at 40,318. Interestingly, the RTX 5070 Ti's nearest rivals in the database include the AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 (average score 50,001, a 0.1% gap) and the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT (50,951, a 2% gap), placing it in a competitive bracket with much newer AMD gaming GPUs. The Radeon Pro 580's nearest rival is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 itself, with a 0.1% delta, suggesting the Pro 580's average score is close to a modern mid-range NVIDIA part despite its age.

Specification Differences

The two cards differ across nearly every major specification field.

Process and die: The RTX 5070 Ti uses a 5 nm TSMC process with 45,600 million transistors on a 378 mm² die. The Radeon Pro 580 uses a 14 nm GlobalFoundries process with 5,700 million transistors on a 232 mm² die.

Clock speeds: The RTX 5070 Ti has a 2295 MHz base clock and 2452 MHz boost. The Radeon Pro 580 has a 1100 MHz base and 1200 MHz boost. Memory clocks are 1750 MHz (28 Gbps effective) for NVIDIA versus 1695 MHz (6.8 Gbps effective) for AMD.

Memory: The RTX 5070 Ti has 16 GB GDDR7 with 896.0 GB/s bandwidth. The Radeon Pro 580 has 8 GB GDDR5 with 217.0 GB/s bandwidth. Both use a 256-bit bus.

Compute units: The RTX 5070 Ti has 8,960 shading units, 280 TMUs, 96 ROPs, 70 RT cores, and 280 tensor cores. The Radeon Pro 580 has 2,304 shading units, 144 TMUs, and 32 ROPs, with no RT or tensor cores.

Rates: The RTX 5070 Ti delivers 235.4 GPixel/s pixel rate and 686.6 GTexel/s texture rate. The Radeon Pro 580 delivers 38.40 GPixel/s and 172.8 GTexel/s. FP32 compute is 43.94 TFLOPS for NVIDIA versus 5.530 TFLOPS for AMD; FP16 is identical to FP32 on both cards (1:1).

Power and physical: The RTX 5070 Ti has a 300 W TDP, is dual-slot, uses a 16-pin connector, and suggests a 700 W PSU. The Radeon Pro 580 has a 185 W TDP, is an IGP with no power connectors, and has no suggested PSU.

Interface and outputs: The RTX 5070 Ti uses PCIe 5.0 x16 with 1x HDMI 2.1b and 3x DisplayPort 2.1b. The Radeon Pro 580 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 with portable-device-dependent outputs.

Lifecycle: The RTX 5070 Ti is active, released February 19, 2025, with a launch MSRP of 749 USD. The Radeon Pro 580 is end-of-life, released June 4, 2017, with no launch MSRP recorded.

Where Each One Wins

The GeForce RTX 5070 Ti wins in every measured category. It dominates compute-heavy workloads, raytracing scenarios, and memory-bandwidth-bound tasks. Its 43.94 TFLOPS of FP32 performance is nearly eight times the Radeon Pro 580's 5.530 TFLOPS, making it the clear choice for scientific simulation, video rendering, and machine learning inference. The 70 RT cores enable hardware-accelerated ray tracing, which the Radeon Pro 580 cannot do at all; games or renderers using DXR or Vulkan ray tracing will simply not run with acceleration on the AMD card. The 280 tensor cores add AI upscaling and denoising capabilities, features absent from the older architecture.

The RTX 5070 Ti also wins decisively in memory-intensive scenarios. Its 896.0 GB/s bandwidth versus 217.0 GB/s means it can feed its 8,960 shading units far more effectively, which matters for high-resolution textures, large datasets, and 4K or higher rendering workloads. The 16 GB frame buffer doubles the Radeon Pro 580's 8 GB, allowing larger working sets without spillover.

The Radeon Pro 580's strengths are limited to its physical form factor and power draw. As an IGP with a 185 W TDP and no external power connectors, it fits into portable or integrated systems where the dual-slot, 300 W RTX 5070 Ti with a 16-pin connector cannot. Its PCIe 3.0 x16 interface is sufficient for its bandwidth needs, and its lower power envelope makes it suitable for thermally constrained chassis. For users with an existing Mac-based or compact workstation that requires a drop-in integrated solution, the Radeon Pro 580 remains serviceable, but the data shows it trails the RTX 5070 Ti by margins of 420% to 452% in shared benchmarks.

The percentile rankings summarize the overall positioning: the RTX 5070 Ti sits at the 86th percentile of all GPUs, while the Radeon Pro 580 sits at the 82nd. Despite the age gap, the AMD card remains in the upper tier of the database, but its nearest rivals are modern mid-range parts. The RTX 5070 Ti's nearest rivals are high-end gaming GPUs like the RX 6900 XT and RX 6800 XT, placing it in a performance class that the Radeon Pro 580 cannot approach. For any workload where compute throughput, memory bandwidth, or modern API features matter, the RTX 5070 Ti is the only choice between these two.